Those moves are great. Hakeem was using them a lot and he was very fun to watch. Amazing footwork in the post. Dwight can do those moves in practice, but in game...? He will just use his strength and quickness to bully his way under the basket and then he'll either try to dunk it, or shoot the lefty hook. He does have the agility to do more, but he never remembers to actually try some of these moves. Jab, spin, fadeaway, shooting off the glass? Yes please.

Although I can't say that he's not effective. He does score a lot, he rebounds, blocks shots and plays D. Maybe that's enough, I don't know. But if I was him, I would work on that post game some more and try out one or two moves every game.

"It's not realistic to get younger and better when you only have the veteran's minimum to offer free agents."

maybe his leg strength is still an issue. backing down is harder to do leg wise than facing up. my guess is it's related to his legs. he's made improvement, but he's still a month or two away

Well, if he's going to face-up, then he needs to develop a J like Pau has. The Spurs defenders aren't dumb like the Sactown and Golden State defenders. They know Dwight doesn't have a J, and they're not going to come out. They're going to sit back in the weeds and wait for him to drive, then smack the ball out of his hands.

Hopefully, the other teams didn't watch the Spurs game. Or else we're going to see more of the same.

still trying to get healthy and in shape. every game he's getting better but he's still a step slow than his usual self. his d is getting better but his o still needs some work. turning over the ball this much isn't him...got work on holding onto the ball too

Can't say he's wrong, with Dwight's talent and athleticism he should have averaged closer to 30 than 20 when he was the franchise player, but then Dwight is no Shaq and I don't see him ever being as good.

Ariza3 wrote:he does need to get angry and just throw it down on everyone.

he does do that. well he did in orlando. he is incapable right now. no lift in his legs. it's improving. he was getting higher last night and double jumping more. also seemed lighter on his feet, but he's still got a long ways to go. he's getting tired pretty quickly still as well

Howard is still a month or two away. He himself said he wouldn't be himself until midseason. Steve Clifford assistant coach formerly with Orlando said Dwight was 2 steps slow about 3 weeks ago.

That's all related to his rebounding. The stats he's putting up considering hes 2 steps slow are pretty amazing to me. If he's truly 30+ games from being himself then we can only imagine how good he's going to be when he is healthy, has his stamina and lift

JGC: Good research, but in terms of his rebounds, I'm thinking the small sample size combined with his lack of legs/conditioning is hurting him in that dept.

The offensive boards make sense....his lack of touches are down cause he's gotta haul in the misses that this team of chuckers is putting up. Dwight is saying all the right things right now (probably cause of the firestorm he faced with Dwightmare), but Worthy brought up his lack of touches last night...Dwight said that it will eventually come, but whatever is better for the team, he'll do. His Kwamitis is leading to TOs that are costing him touches...but I still think LA really isn't trying to set him up as much. That could eventually become a problem going forward. He's not a back to the basket type of player, but that's cause LA is not really looking for him inside. He's gotta develop that aspect of the game (plus it will lead to less TOs...its when he faces up that he's losing the ball) in order to be dominant like Dr. Shaq has alluded to.

Vasashi17 wrote:JGC: Good research, but in terms of his rebounds, I'm thinking the small sample size combined with his lack of legs/conditioning is hurting him in that dept.

The offensive boards make sense....his lack of touches are down cause he's gotta haul in the misses that this team of chuckers is putting up. Dwight is saying all the right things right now (probably cause of the firestorm he faced with Dwightmare), but Worthy brought up his lack of touches last night...Dwight said that it will eventually come, but whatever is better for the team, he'll do. His Kwamitis is leading to TOs that are costing him touches...but I still think LA really isn't trying to set him up as much. That could eventually become a problem going forward. He's not a back to the basket type of player, but that's cause LA is not really looking for him inside. He's gotta develop that aspect of the game (plus it will lead to less TOs...its when he faces up that he's losing the ball) in order to be dominant like Dr. Shaq has alluded to.

Small sample size probably has a lot to do with it. He has like, one stinker in there bringing many of his averages down (though he does have some big games to pad them too). We have a lot of anomalies in our players' stats.

I do think the high PF despite lower mins and like you said, the lower defensive rebounds is a good indication he is not 100%. My guess is his FG% is high because he's getting a lot of his points from offensive rebounds that he's getting from our other players misses.

Weezy wrote:Can't say he's wrong, with Dwight's talent and athleticism he should have averaged closer to 30 than 20 when he was the franchise player, but then Dwight is no Shaq and I don't see him ever being as good.

Weezy wrote:Can't say he's wrong, with Dwight's talent and athleticism he should have averaged closer to 30 than 20 when he was the franchise player, but then Dwight is no Shaq and I don't see him ever being as good.

don't tell lakerstan24.

This is Blastphemous! How Dare You Say Such a thing! I'll Say It Again So U Get the Message Dwight is Way More Athletic and Skilful than Shaq Ever was and is the Perfect Mix of Hakeem Kareem and Wilt and IS Better then them too I Repeat this to weezy